MLB: Area players hope to end drought of high school draftees

Collier County hasn't had a 12th grader go in the MLB Draft in four years

Two Gulf Coast senior baseball players — catcher Dominic Blanco and shortstop Drew Freedman — are garnering pro interest. Both hope to be the first player drafted out of a Collier County high school in four years when the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft begins Thursday.